News From Around the South 4/15 – 4/22
Georgia: Mayor Praises Confederate Memorial Effort MARIETTA, Ga. — Members of the United Daughters of Confederacy Kennesaw Chapter were joined by a little over 50 others Sunday to celebrate Confederate Memorial Day. The family friendly event was held at the...
Was Civil War About Slavery?
In the course of our conversation, Yacine Kout mentioned something else—an incident that had happened the previous spring at Eastern Randolph High School just outside Asheboro. On Cinco de Mayo, the annual celebration of Mexico’s defeat of French forces at the Battle...
Resegregation?
As conservative southern Democrats—once known as Dixiecrats—switched to Republicans, Black state lawmakers have seen their power evaporate in the South. “Virtually all Black elected officials in the region are outsiders looking in,” wrote senior research associate...
Reeling Southern Dems Seek New Strategy
Southern Democrats in Washington for the inauguration of President Obama celebrated as much as their counterpoints from across the country. But they also knew they had work to do, with GOP senators, governors and state legislatures cutting a bright red swath through...Obiter Dicta
Last week, the Supreme Court effectively abolished the right to assembly in three Southern states. By refusing to hear an Read More
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FLORIDA: Will a Florida museum on Black history tell whole story? Some worry it won’t Florida’s proposal to create a statewide Black history museum prompted interest, and then glossy reports, Read More